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There are a lot of articles on the web that will tell you how to specify a kickstart file when installing Fedora 20 in BIOS mode, but when I had to recently install a number of systems in UEFI mode, I had trouble finding any resources. When you have to install more than a couple systems, making a custom image for each one with a ks.cfg file at the root is highly impractical so being able to specify a kickstart file is important.

Installing in BIOS mode is easy. Just press <escape> at the installation menu and you are greeted with a

boot:

prompt that allows you to send custom parameters to the installer. However if you choose to boot your installation in UEFI mode, you are greeted with the Grub 2 screen and pressing escape doesn’t work. Instead, highlight the Install Fedora 20 option (but don’t press <enter>) and press e to edit the menu option. This will bring you into a fullscreen editor with the following text.